There’s no point beating around the bush here – ‘Skyhook’ is the best episode of Thunderbirds Are Go produced to date. Scripted by Marvel’s Avengers Assemble writer Paul Giacoppo, ‘Skyhook’ sees the Tracy brothers deployed to stop a high atmosphere weather station from a hurricane. Kicking off with a moment of quiet following John on … >

We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: it’s always a sure-sign of a decent episode of Thunderbirds (or Thunderbirds Are Go) when it opens with the action already in full swing. Opening midway through a bombastic rescue sequence, which in turn results in Virgil and Gordon accidently unearthing a long-lost temple, ‘Tunnels of … >

Lead writer Rob Hoegee returns to scripting duties this week, with his first script for the series since Thunderbirds Are Go’s two-part premiere. Like in those episodes, there’s a slight sense of classic series déjà vu to proceedings. Fans of the original series will spot the similarities between ‘Slingshot’ and ‘Sun Probe’ immediately, but unlike … >

Oh, Thunderbird 5. It’s no one’s favourite Thunderbird, let’s face it. The idea of an episode revolving around the giant satellite certainly doesn’t get the excitement pumping through our little fan-boy chests much. And yet, an episode like ‘EOS’ certainly makes a strong case for such an idea, with a huge focus on what makes … >

There’s a real concern that the writers of Thunderbirds Are Go are lacking in imagination when it comes to thinking up rescue situations. Whereas episodes like ‘Space Race’ thought up bold and exciting new ideas for the Tracy family to tackle, ‘Runaway’ goes with that tired old cliché of a runaway train. We kind of … >